Homemade Laundry Sauce

We love making our own cleaning products. I save so much in this size household. We do have a 5 gallon bucket of homemade laundry soap that I have been making every 3 months for the last 5 years… Several months ago, I made a “Laundry Sauce” that I adapted a bit from this recipe. … Laundry Sauce On Budget101

We do double this recipe and make 4 jars instead of 2 (which often fluffs into 5 jars every 3 months)

1 bar DOVE soap, grated – Some people use Fels Naptha, (we don’t because I don’t like using anything with color)

1 cup 20 Mule Team Borax

1 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda

4 cups of hot water

Essential oil of choice

You will also need 2 quart size mason jars and either a blender or a hand mixer. I picked up a blender at a yard sale for $1 that I use for soap only.

Put 4 cups of water in a large heavy saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil.

Mix together the Borax and the washing soda in a bowl and set aside.

Grate your bar of soap and add to the boiling water. Stir until melted down (about 10 minutes.

Once the soap is dissolved, turn to low heat and add the washing soda and the borax. Stir until COMPLETELY dissolved. (DOES NOT FEEL GRAINY!)

Pour the liquid equally into two quart size Mason jars.

Add water to fill the jars to the “shoulder”

Add 10 drops of essential oil of choice to each mason jar.

Put the lid on the jars, shake a few times and turn them upside down Let them sit upside down for a few hours.

After a few hours, you will notice that the soap has separated into several layers. YEA!

Once this happens, pour the contents into a blender and BLEND AWAY! Until Fluffy! (If you are lucky enough to find a blender that the blades unscrew and the mason jar screws right onto it. … I am not that lucky! YET!)

Add the “soap fluff back into your jars (you may need a 3rd jar depending how “fluffy” it blended. 🙂

Add 1 Tablespoon to a load of laundry in any type of machine, conventional, Front Loader, High Capacity & High Efficiency (HE), etc. Add the spoonful directly with the dirty clothes and not into the detergent tray.